With renovations nearly complete on the former Derby House, Five Points restaurant Derby on Park plans for an early October opening.

After 13 months of renovation of former Five Points dining landmark Derby House restaurant, its successor, Derby on Park, is nearing completion — and an opening date.

According to Zack Nettles, one of the new restaurant's owners, Derby on Park plans to open in early October.

On Saturday, Five Points shoppers got a sneak peak — and a taste — of the Derby on Park when the restaurant held an open house in conjunction with a Jax Cash Mob event in the historic retail strip.

Step inside the restaurant and it's clear that Nettles and his partners have put a lot of work into the triangular-shaped building the Derby House called home for 67 years before closing in August 2011.

One of the most-noted changes by former Derby House regulars who dropped in on Saturday is that the restaurant's restrooms are located off of a short hall and no longer open into the dining room, Nettles said.

Another is the new large, covered dining area between the restaurant and the former Five Points Newsstand — which has been converted into Derby on Park's bar.